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ಪ್ರಾಮಾಣಿಕತೆ, ಪ್ರಬುದ್ಧತೆ ಇತ್ಯಾದಿಗಳ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಒಂದು ಟಿಪ್ಪಣಿ

Friday, April 10, 2009

ಮೊನ್ನೆ ಮಿತ್ರ ರವಿ ಕೃಷ್ಣ ರೆಡ್ಡಿಯವರ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಲಘುವಾಗಿ ಮತ್ತು ಅಸಾಂದರ್ಭಿಕವಾಗಿ ವಿಜಯ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ಸಂಪಾದಕ ವಿಶ್ವೇಶ್ವರ ಭಟ್ ಟಿಪ್ಪಣಿಸಿರುವುದು ಗಮನಿಸಿದೆ. ರವಿ ಕೂಡ ಒಂದೆರಡು ಬಾರಿ ತಮ್ಮ ಬ್ಲಾಗ್‍ನಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರತಿಕ್ರಿಯಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಹಾಗು ವಿಕ್ರಾಂತ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದಲ್ಲಿ ರೇಶ್ಮೆಯವರು ಸಹ  ಈ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಬರೆದಿದ್ದಾರೆ.
ಭಟ್ಟರ ’ಉಗ್ರ’ಲೇಖನದ ಎರಡು ದನಿಗಳ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಒಂದು ಟಿಪ್ಪಣಿ ಬರೆಯಬೇಕೆಂದು ಅನಿಸುತ್ತಿದೆ. ಮೊದಲಿಗೆ ನನಗೆ ಅರ್ಥವಾಗದಿರುವುದು ಒಂದು ಸರಳ ವಿಷಯ. ಇನ್ನು ಕೆಲವೇ ವಾರಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ನಮ್ಮ ಮುಂದೆ ಲೋಕಸಭಾ   ಚುನಾವಣೆಗಳು ನಡೆಯುತ್ತವೆ. ಹಾಗಿರುವಾಗ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ಅತಿಹೆಚ್ಚು ಪ್ರಸಾರವಿರುವ ದಿನಪತ್ರಿಕೆಯ ಸಂಪಾದಕರು ತಮ್ಮ ಓದುಗರಿಗೆ [...]

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A National Honor Museum?

Thursday, March 5, 2009

There has been much breast beating over the auctioning of Gandhi’s eyeglasses and other personal belongings. Now that our national honor has been restored by Vijay Mallya, the pride of Bangalore, I am left with this image of Gandhi’s eyeglasses staring at Tippu Sultan’s sword!
Actually, I have a suggestion for Dr. Mallya. Maybe he could [...]

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Why not an Indian Institute of Humanities?

Saturday, January 10, 2009

Like all good advisors, Prof. Sheldon Pollock is looking out for his students and hence strongly advocates the creation of an Indian Institute of Humanities!
Seriously though, this is a must read OPED in The Hindu from Pollock on the irony of endowing classical language status to Kannada and Telugu even as scholars who can read [...]

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Renewing soil

Monday, January 5, 2009

Wendell Berry has a typically wise column (co-written with Wes Jackson) in today’s NYTimes in which he calls for a new agricultural policy for the next 50 years. Here is the key quote:
Clearly, our present ways of agriculture are not sustainable, and so our food supply is not sustainable. We must restore ecological health to [...]

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Guns n Mysore

Sunday, December 28, 2008

With a gun, on a bike, in the streets of Mysore. Then you
enter the Deputy Commissioner’s Office!
Read the entire Star of Mysore report.
Mysore, Dec. 27 (MRS,RK& DM)- With the terror attack on Mumbai a month ago (Nov. 26) still fresh in the minds of the people, Mysore city was witness to security breach, that too [...]

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A play called Ghandi

Monday, August 11, 2008

ESPN.com’s Paul Kuharsky reports that Indianapolis Colts run a play called Ghandi.
Tight End Dallas Clark explains:
“Usually, I know the origin or the background of what the code word means for the play. But for Ghandi, I’ve forgotten how that one came about. Six years in this offense, we have everything. Some you question or some [...]

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